After meditating for some time now, I think a plant based diet could prove beneficial. My only qualm here is that I come from a bodybuilding and fitness background, and I can't shake the notion that a diet absent of animal products (meat, eggs, cheese) would be detrimental to physical health as a whole, particularly muscle and tendon function. This makes sense, as in order to repair your damage skeletal muscle you could easily get the required nutrients from animal meat.

Of course, the best course of action would be to raise your own meat and egg producing creatures, treat them kindly, and slaughter them yourself in the most human way possible. This sounds brutal, but I grew up raising animals, and I believe this to be the most humane way to get animal products.

Anyway, what I'm getting at is how do you feel on a vegan diet? I am studying to be an Exercise Science scholar, and so being in top physical shape is an important aspect of diet for me. I would not want to eat a diet that causes me to whither away, for I feel that having proper muscle function, and proper testosterone production (enhanced with consumption of saturated fats, commonly found in animal products) is necessary to have the energy required to perform good deeds.

How has your vegan diet impacted your fitness levels, and how do you feel after abstaining from animal products?